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DONN F. EISElE
An Air Force captain, he went to An­napolis,
has a master's degree from
the Air Force InstitllteofTechnology.
THEODORE C. FREEMAN
An Annapolis man, he is an Air Force
captain with a Michigan U. master's
degree in aeronautical engineering.
RICHARD F. GORDON JR.
A avy lieutenant-commander who
won the Bendix race in J961. he ma­jored
in chemistry at Washington U,
RUSSELL L. SCHWEICKART
An ex-Air Force officer. he earned an
M.S. degree in astronautics at M.I.T..
",here he is now studying astronomy.
14 more Astronauts
-new and different
ASA announced 14 new Astro­nauts-
for a grand total of 30­and
a study of the recruits showed
they stood apart from their pred­ecessors
in some significant ways.
Among them lVas the first bache­lor
Astronaut-Marine Captain
Clifton Williams, who quickly
made it clear he planned no imme­diate
change in his status. And the
new men were more thoroughly
grounded in the sciences than the
earlier 16. The original Mercury
AstrOnauts had an average of 4.3
years ofcollege and graduate work.
The nine who joined last year had
an average of 4.6 years. The meo.­who
carne aboard last week have
5:6. This learning will stand all the
Astronauts in good stead when
they tackle the immensely complex
problem of reaching the moon.
DAVI D R. scon
An'Air Force captain, he was fiftb in
his class at West Point, and has t\\O
degrees in astronautics from M.LT.
:lIFTON C, WILliAMS JR.
With a mechanical engineering de­gree,
he became a Marine captain
and attended Navy test pilD! school.

DONN F. EISElE
An Air Force captain, he went to An­napolis,
has a master's degree from
the Air Force InstitllteofTechnology.
THEODORE C. FREEMAN
An Annapolis man, he is an Air Force
captain with a Michigan U. master's
degree in aeronautical engineering.
RICHARD F. GORDON JR.
A avy lieutenant-commander who
won the Bendix race in J961. he ma­jored
in chemistry at Washington U,
RUSSELL L. SCHWEICKART
An ex-Air Force officer. he earned an
M.S. degree in astronautics at M.I.T..
",here he is now studying astronomy.
14 more Astronauts
-new and different
ASA announced 14 new Astro­nauts-
for a grand total of 30­and
a study of the recruits showed
they stood apart from their pred­ecessors
in some significant ways.
Among them lVas the first bache­lor
Astronaut-Marine Captain
Clifton Williams, who quickly
made it clear he planned no imme­diate
change in his status. And the
new men were more thoroughly
grounded in the sciences than the
earlier 16. The original Mercury
AstrOnauts had an average of 4.3
years ofcollege and graduate work.
The nine who joined last year had
an average of 4.6 years. The meo.­who
carne aboard last week have
5:6. This learning will stand all the
Astronauts in good stead when
they tackle the immensely complex
problem of reaching the moon.
DAVI D R. scon
An'Air Force captain, he was fiftb in
his class at West Point, and has t\\O
degrees in astronautics from M.LT.
:lIFTON C, WILliAMS JR.
With a mechanical engineering de­gree,
he became a Marine captain
and attended Navy test pilD! school.